THE INNOVATION COLLOQUIUM REPORT (19th-20th October, 2017)

Law, Innovation and 'Uberfication' of Legal Services in Uganda,“Outsourcing internal and cross-border digital contracting in an era of digital services technology”

The innovation colloquium, the first of its kind in Uganda introduced an infusion of the legal sector and Uganda’s fast growing ICT sector. The objectives of the colloquium were to: a) Offer a platform to individuals and organizations from the private sector, academia, public sector and civil society to explore the benefits and opportunities that exist in the technology and innovation space, with an aim of integrating lawyers into the digital economy through re-skilling, peer-to-peer platforms, business-to business (B2B), business-to-clients (B2C) networks, and legal outsourcing for work from other jurisdictions via online platforms as one of the ways of addressing youth